Gun-stock.



PATENTED MAY 28, 1.907.

P. H. OLARISEY. GUN STOGK. APPLIOATION FILED P12345, i907.

PATRICK H. CLARISEY, OF DALTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

u GUN-STOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1907.

Application filed February 15,1907. Serial No. 357,468.

T all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PATRICK H. CLAnIsEY,

Y citizen of the United States of America,

and a resident of Dalton, in the county of Berkshire and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGun-Stocks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to improvements in the stocks of guns of a kindwhich are adjustable whereby the butt section may have much'or littledrop relatively to the grip section and barrel or barrels carriedthereby, as may best suit the habits7 and accord with the desires of thesportsman or marksman.

The object of the invention is to provide improved arrangements,connections and locking devices of and for the separately formed andrelativelyT movable butt and grip section, whereby the one section maybe most easily adjusted in relation to the other, and withoutdismantling any ofthe parts reliably immovably held when adjusted. Andother objects are attained in and by the organization of the parts, aswill be hereinafter rendered apparent.

The invention consists in an adjustable gun stock comprising separatelyformed and relatively movable grip, and butt, sections, a bar engagedwith, extending through and forwardly of, the butt-section, pivotallyconnected to the grip-section, and means mounted on one side of the gripsection and operative to have detachable motion preventing engagementagainst the side portion of the said bar which is engaged with the buttsection.

The invention furthermore consists in cert-ain specific combinations orarrangement of parts andthe construction or formations of certain of theparts all substantially as hereinafter fully described in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawings and as set forth in the claims. In thedrawings,-Figure l is substantially a side elevation of the adjustablegun stock contiguous portions of the butt and grip section beingrepresented inicentral longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal longitudinal section as taken on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a rear end view of the gun stock, a portion of the butt plate beingbroken away for clearer illustration.

In the drawings,-A represents the grip section and B the butt section ofthe adjustable gun stock, the same being separately formed to berelatively movable; and the rear end of the grip section is convex onthe arc of a true circle, while the forward end of the butt section isrendered complemental thereto by being correspondingly concave.

The adj oined portions of the two sections A and B are provided withcurved thin metal bushing plates.

The grip section B has within its rear portion a rearwardly divergentrecess CZ opening to the rear end of such section, but sidewiseinclosed. The butt section has a straight passage f substantiallylongitudinally therethrough, which is merged into a vertical and widenedrecess f2 at its forward end. A round bar C, having its rear end portiong screw threaded, is fitted and extended through the passage or bore fin the butt section and it has a vertically widened, opposite flatsided, forwardly convergent forward portion z, parts of which aredisposed within said widened butt section recess f2 and the rearwardlyopening grip section recess d. The screw threaded rear extremity of saidbar C which mainly is cross sectionally round, is disposed within acountersink e in the rear end of the butt section and with which thesaid bore fcommunicates. The forward end of the sector shaped extremityz of the said bar is constructed with a horizontal transverse aperturei.

D represents a chambered block or casing fitted in one side of the gripsection, and it has an integrally formed hollow trunnion which extendsthrough the aforementioned transverse aperture i in the forward endportion of the bar C, forming a pivot for the latter, and making acenter of motion for the butt section relatively to the grip section, itbeing perceived that the said bar is rendered an appurtenance of thebutt section through the medium of the nut 7c located in the countersinke and screw engaging the threaded rear end portion of the bar and thisnut also serves to tension the grip and butt sections at theircontacting curved surfaces concentric with the said trunnion so thatthese parts may move relatively to each other with considerable, orcomparatively slight, bind or friction, as may be elected.

m represents a screw which by its head has an engagement with the sideJortion of the grip section opposite that in which the aforementionedcasing is set, and which screw by its shank has a screw threadengagement within and about half way through the hol- IOO low trunnion.n represents a lever intermej straight passage longitudinallytherethrough,

a bar engaged with, extending through, the

diately pivoted at n2 in said casing and having a catch stud o pivotallyhung to one extremity, said stud extending through a perforationtherefor in the base or inner wall of the lever carrying casing D andprotruding into any desired one of a series of small sidewise openingsockets p, arranged in an arc line within the side portion of the bar Cand at a suitable distance to the rear of the axis of the said trunnion.

A spiral spring q is disposed within the hollow trunnion, one endthereof being in abutment against the inner end of the screw fm whilethe other end portion of the spring is in engagement with the innersurface of the member of the lever n which is opposite from the catchstud, said spring reacting outwardly against the contiguous leverextremity so as to normallyT maintain the catch stud in its inwardlyprojected position of interlock in some one of the sockets in thewidened forward extremity of the radius bar C.

vTo adjust the gun stock so that the butt portion may have the desireddegree of drop it is only necessary to press with the nger on theforward part of the lever n, in an inward direction to release the catchwhereupon the section B may be swung for one or several steps of drop tosuit the user of the gun, the release of the pressure on the catchoperating lever restablishing the immovable relation between thesections of the stud.

A jam or lock nut k2 is in practice employed additional to the confiningnut lr, this also being sunk within the opening e and such opening, theend of the bar C and the nuts are concealed by the screw confined buttplate t.

The widened and oppositely flat sided forward end portion of the bar C,extending across the curved line of break between the butt and gripsections, and being in bearing against the edges of the l,curved bushingplates a and l) or recesses for the accommodation therethrough of thesaid widened portion of the bar, renders thelgun stock `stiff andwithout liability of the one stock section having lateral playrelatively to the other.

1. An adjustable gun stock comprising separately formed and relativelymovable grip and butt sections, a bar engaged with, extending throughand forwardly of, the buttsection, pivotally connected to thegripsection, and having adjacent the pivot point a plurality of sockets,and a catch mounted on the side of the grip section and operative tohave detachable engagement in one or another of said sockets.

2. An adjustable gun stock comprising separately formed and relativelymovable grip and butt sections, the grip section having within its rearportion a rearwardly divergent recess and the butt section having abutt-section and having a vertically widened forwardly convergentforward portion and forwardly extended into said grip section recess andhaving a series of sidewise opening recesses, means for anaxially-horizontal pivotal connection between the forward portion ofsaid bar and said grip section, and a spring catch mounted on the sideof the grip section and to detachably engage in said sockets.

3. An adjustable gun stock comprising relatively movable grip and buttsections, the grip section having within its rear portion a rearwardlydivergent recess and the butt section having a straight round,rearwardly countersunk passage longitudinally therethrough which ismerged into a vertically widened recess at its forward end, a round barhaving its rear end portion screw threaded extending through thebutt-section and having a vertically widened, opposite flat sided,forwardly convergent, forward portion, disposed within said widened buttscction recess, and forwardly extended into said grip section recess andhaving a series of sidewise opening recesses arranged in an arc line,means for an axially-horizontal pivotal connection between the forwardportion of said bar and said grip section, a nut screw engaging the rearend of said bar, and disposed in the aforesaid countersink, a springcatch, mounted on the side of the grip section, and to detachably engagein any one of said sockets, and a butt-plate covering the bored andcountersunk end of the butt section and parts therein.

4. An adjustable gun stock comprising relatively movable grip and buttsections, a bar engaged with, extending through and forwardly of thebutt section and within a rearwardly opening recess in the grip section,having an aperture transversely through its forward extremity, andhaving a series of sidewise opening sockets to the rear of saidaperture, a casing fitted in one side of the grip section and having atrunnion extending through the transverse aperture in said bar, forminga fixed pivot for the latter, and a catch lever pivoted in said casingand having a stud adapted to engage in one or another of the sockets insaid bar. 4

5. An adjustable gun stock comprising relatively movable grip and buttsections, a bar engaged with, extending through and forwardly of thebutt section and within a rearwardly opening recess in the grip section,having an aperture transversely through its forward extremity, andhaving a series of sidewise opening sockets to the rear of saidaperture, a casing fitted in one side of the grip section and having atrunnion extending through the transverse aperture in said bar, forminga fixed pivot for the latter, a catch IOO IIO

lover pivoted in said Casing and having a stud adapted to engage in oneor another of the sockets in said bar, and a screw which by its headengages a side portion of the grip seetion, and by its shank has a screwthread engagement in said trunnion.

6. An adjustable gun stock comprising relatively movable grip and buttseetions, a bar engaged with, extending through and forwardly or' thebutt section7 and within a rearwardly opening reeess in the gripsection7 having an aperture transversely through its forward extremity7and. having a series of sidewise opening sockets to the rear of saidaperture, a easing itted in one side of the grip section and having ahollow trunnion extending through the transverse aperture in said bar,forming a fixed pivot for the latter, a lever interinediately pivoted insaid casing and having a Catch stud pivotally hung thereto, guidedthrough the wall of said Casing, and adapted to engage in one or anotherof the sockets in said bar, a screw which by its head has an engagementwith a side portion of the grip section, and which by its shank screwengages in said hollow trunnion, and a spring in said hollow trunnionand reacting outwardly against a ineinber of said lever.

Signed by me in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATRICK H. CLARISEY.

Witnesses:

JOHN GLENNON, FRANK L. I-IENNEssEY.

